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RINALDO ALDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINoIs, ASSIGNOR on TWO-THIBDS TO WILLIAM H, HOWE AND FREDERICK s; GRANT, BOTH F SAME PLACE,

MUSIC-BOOK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,512, dated July 19, 1881.

Application filed April 11, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, RINALDO ALDEN, of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Music-Book Holders, of which the following is the specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to music-book holders which are to be attached to portable musical instruments, such as are used in bands.

Heretofore music-book holders for such purposes have been variously constructed, one method consisting of a pair of springs arranged to hold the book between them; another consisting of a vertical rod on which are arranged an upper and lowerpair of arms, parallel to each other and at right angles to the rod,the upper pair being adjustable on the rod, each pair being provided with hooks at their extremities, which receive and hold the book. The first of these methods is bad because the book is held veryinsecurely and in time the springs become weak and worthless, and the second method is bad because the book can easily slip out sidewise in case of emptying the water out of the instrument or in any manner changing it from theposition in which it is played. While the book is in the holder, and in case of a single sheet, the latter method is utterly inadequate, becauseasinglesheethasnotsnfficientstrength to admit of being held by hooks at the top and bottom. In the second method, also, there being nothing to keep the upper pair of arms in the sameplane with the lower pair, it is inconvenient to adjust the book in the holder while holding the instrument, and, further, the arms having no support from each .other, the whole arrangement is both cumbersome and delicate, and does not admit of easy and safe transportation when not in use.

The object of my invention is to provide a music-book holder in which an ordinary band music-book or a single sheet of music can be readily placed and securely held while the instrument to which the holder is attached is in any position, and which, when not in use, can be arranged for convenient and safe transportation.

I attain the objects of my invention by the following method, reference being bad to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a view on a reduced scale of my invention as applied to a cornet. Fig. 2 represents a rear view of my invention,

about'two-thirds full size, in which is adjusted the arms 6 e, bent downward and outward, as

show in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. 5. Sliding on. the rod to is the block m, having a hole drilled through it to receive the rod or, and provided with the set-screw s, by which it can be secured at any desired position on the rod. Projecting from this block at are the arms d d, extending outward and upward, as shown in Figs. 2and 5. The pairs of arms (I d and e e cross each other, the arms d 01 being in front of the arms cc. The end of each arm is bent to the form of a hook, 0, Fig. 3, and the extremity of the hook 0 on each arm is bent to the form of the ring 0.

The method of operating the arrangement is as follows: The arms e 6 being attached rigidly to the rod a and crossin g the arms 01 61 attached to the block m, theblock m and the arms 01 d cannot turn on the rod a, and thus the four arms are kept always in practically the same plane. The book M, Figs. 2 and 3, is placed in the hooks o 0 on the arms 6 c and the block at drawn down until the hooks 0 0 on-the arms d 01 receive the upper edge of the book M and press slightly on it when the set-screw sis tightened. The press-rin gs c on the arms press against the front of the book M and aid in holding it in position, and prevent the pages of the book being blown about by the wind or in any manner being disarranged. The crossed arms 6 eand d d, holding the book at the top and botton1,if any effort is made to draw the book out sidewise, will bind on the top and bottom of the book, and the greater the effort the more strou gly they will bind, so that it will be impossible to draw the book out or to shake it from its position by any motion or position of the instrument to which my invention is attached;

In case-of a single sheet of music, which could not be held by the edgcs,it is placed, as shown in Fig. 5, between the pairs of arms in front of the arms 6 0, which are shown in dotted lines, and behind the arms (I d, which, pressing together, hold the sheet firmly, the lower edge of the sheetNrestingin the hooks c c on the arms To transport the holder conveniently and safely when not in use, the block m is drawn toward the lower extremity of the rod a, the hooks on one pair of arms will engage with those on the other pair, as shown in Fig. 4, and the flexibility of the arms permitting them to be drawn toward the rod a, the bulk of the holder is reduced, and the pairs of arms supporting each other, the holder thus arranged may be safely placed in the pocket.

I am aware of the patent granted April 4,

1. In a music-book holder, the combinationof the rod a, having the arms 6 0 attached v thereto, and the sliding block m, having the arms 01 d attached thereto, the arms being bent and crossing, substantially as shown, and for the purposes described.

2. In a music-book holder, the combination of the rod a, having the pair of arms 0 c attached thereto, and the sliding block m, having the pair of arms 01 d attached thereto, the arms being bent and crossing, and provided with the hooks o and press-rin gs c, all substantially as shown, and for the purposes described.

RINALDO ALDEN.

Witnesses:

' WM. BUGKINGHAM, ALBERT E; ToNK. 

